Everyone stood in the center of the gym, laughing and talking about how cool this year would be. But not him. He avoided them, staying at the corner of the room. He didn't even want to be here; he just wanted to disappear.
The only reason Mike was at Sky High was because of his powers, of course. He didn't care, though. He didn't even want his powers, let alone learn how to USE them!
He had no choice, though. His parents were NOT going to ignore what had happened the week before.
Before Mike discovered his powers, he was just a normal guy, going to a regular school. He wasn't popular, but he wasn't hated either.
One person happened to change that, though, and he KNOWS that person regretted it.
Apparently Mike happened to be hanging out with some guy's girlfriend, and that guy did not like it one bit. So, as any average jock would do, he decided to corner him and give him a little "talk".
"Talk", as in rearranging his face.
Mike was not the fighting type. He actually try to avoid fighting as much as possible; but this guy insisted on violence. Mike was too frightened to talk back to him, so what did he do? Well, he practically took his head and slammed it against a locker.
Little did he know, though, that guy made a BIG mistake.
Most would say Mike was lucky that he didn't get a concussion. A concussion would've been better than what REALLY happened, though.
He had doubled over in pain, but much more than he could handle. Mike couldn't remember what had fully happened, but he still got pictures and flashes in my head every once in a while. As it turned out, he was so angry and in so much pain, he had somehow turned into some sort of monster, almost practically killing the poor guy.
Well, he wanted violence, and that's what Mike gave him.
Ever since that incident, Mike had completely changed. He was no longer the carefree and outgoing person he used to be, but the outcast. He never spoke to anyone again, and avoided crowds as much as possible. His powers were that dangerous.
His parents weren't too shocked at the fact that he had powers; simply because they had powers themselves. It was just the fact at what his powers were that shocked them. Mike's parents kept him from going to school since then, afraid that something might happen again. They knew he had to go to some school, though, so his mom searched frantically around the internet, trying to find a school for supers.
Mike personally thought that was stupid, but his opinion changed when she actually managed to find one:
Sky High.